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PREVIEW: High stakes, fierce battles as CAF World Cup qualifiers resume
Premium Times
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September 4, 2025
The road to North America 2026 tightens as African qualifying for the FIFA World Cup resumes with a defining set of fixtures that could decide legacies, rewrite histories, and end dreams. The format is straightforward: nine group winners book...
Prime Minister hospitalised
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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August 27, 2025
Guinea-Bissau’s Prime Minister, Braima Camara, was hospitalised in neighbouring Senegal after collapsing during a speech by President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a source close to the prime minister’s office told AFP. Camara, 57, who was appointed prime...
Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon record big wins as World Cup race intensifies
Premium Times
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September 5, 2025
The road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico tightened on Thursday as Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroon, and Mali secured crucial victories to boost their qualification hopes. Cape Verde, Madagascar, Libya, and Equatorial...
Wanderers' Carlos Mendes Gomes completes loan switch to League One Exeter City
The Bolton News
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September 1, 2025
The Guinea Bissau international was on the lookout for a new club having slipped down the pecking order at Wanderers following the arrival of wingers Ibrahim Cissoko, Thierry Gale and Amario Cozier-Duberry. Mendes Gomes started against Stockport...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Embarks on 10-Day Vacation In London, Seeks to Address Nigeria’s Challenges from Abroad
Alexa.ng
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In a move that has sparked widespread discussion across Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departed the country on September 4, 2025, for a 10-day vacation in London, United Kingdom. The announcement, made by his Special Adviser on Information...
Egypt to take a step closer to qualification as they host Ethiopia
The Chronicle News Online
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September 5, 2025
Egypt will aim to take a step closer to automatic qualification as they welcome Ethiopia to Cairo International Stadium for round seven of CAF’s 2026 World Cup qualifiers. The Pharaohs are firmly in control of their fate, sitting five points clear...
Cape Verde keep ahead of Cameroon in World Cup qualifying
The Straits Times
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September 4, 2025
CAPE TOWN - Tiny Cape Verde Islands kept up top place in their World Cup qualifying group as they won away on Thursday, while Algeria and Tunisia moved closer to qualifying for next year’s finals with victories of their own. But Ghana suffered a...
Goal and Highlights for Angola 0-1 Libya in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match
VAVEL
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September 4, 2025
Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you so much for watching this World Cup Qualifying match, which continues in full swing here on VAVEL! Stay tuned for more matches from the competition throughout the week. Good afternoon, and see you next...
Australia Appoints New Ambassador To Portugal 31 August
The National Tribune
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August 31, 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Today I announce the appointment of Dr Helen Cheney as Australia’s next Ambassador to Portugal. The Ambassador to Portugal is also accredited to Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe....
Nigeria targets full WAPP synchronisation by June 2026
ESI Africa
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September 4, 2025
Nigeria is pushing to fully integrate its electricity grid with the West African Power Pool (WAPP) by June 2026, following commitments made at the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC) 3rd NESI Stakeholders Meeting of 2025. The...
Summary: Algeria 3-1 Botswana in World Cup Qualifiers
VAVEL
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September 4, 2025
EVENT ENDED Algeria defeated Botswana 3-1 to claim victory in Matchday 7 of the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. Image: VAVEL The match ends with the score at the time Algeria 3-1 Botswana, the home team takes the win and the 3 points in this match to...
Goal and Highlights for Angola 0-1 Libya in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match
VAVEL
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September 4, 2025
Thanks! And that's all for now! Thank you so much for watching this World Cup Qualifying match, which continues in full swing here on VAVEL! Stay tuned for more matches from the competition throughout the week. Good afternoon, and see you next...
Kaizer Chiefs news: Big test and Duba surprise
The South African
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September 4, 2025
Kaizer Chiefs are set for a whirlwind September, juggling six matches in around three weeks. Nasrededine Nabi’s side, unbeaten in their opening five Betway Premiership games, will face tougher questions of their depth and resilience this month....
Chad Cut Ghana’s Lead with Last-gasp Equaliser in N’Djamena
This Day
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September 5, 2025
Chad netted an 89th-minute equaliser to grab a surprise 1-1 draw against Ghana in African qualifying for the 2026 Fifa World Cup. It had looked like the West Africans would be going six points clear at the top of Group I following Jordan Ayew’s...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, July 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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September 4, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
World Cup qualifying: Thursday soccer games, times, schedule
Marco Eagle - Florida
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The road to the 2026 World Cup is a long one, and no fewer than 50 nations play qualifiers on Thursday, Sept. 4 as teams across the globe vie for one of the 48 bids to next year's tournament. For soccer fans, there's a possible run of 15 straight...
Today’s CAF World Cup Qualifiers Fixtures & Previews
The Chronicle News Online
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September 4, 2025
Chad welcomes Black Stars in Group I Chad will welcome Ghana to the Stade Olympique Marechal Idriss Deby Itno on Thursday in the seventh round of CAF’s World Cup qualifiers, with the two sides sitting at opposite ends of Group I. The Black Stars...
David Moyes gives honest statement on Everton player 'people think I don't want'
The Mirror
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August 30, 2025
Chris McKenna Football and Boxing Reporter 05:00, 30 Aug 2025Updated 05:16, 30 Aug 2025 David Moyes is showing some tough love to Beto to try to improve the Everton striker. The Blues boss has faith in the Guinea-Bissau forward as well as summer...
What Caused Botswana’s Public Health Emergency?
Foreign Policy
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Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Botswana, a global leader in tackling HIV/AIDS, declares a public health emergency; China reroutes its exports to African nations; and radical left-wing South African politician...
Liberia Launches Initiative to Boost Human Capital Development
GNN Liberia
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September 3, 2025
The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MFDP), through its ECOWAS National Office, has announced the start of a new project to create a comprehensive Human Capital Development Strategy (HCDS) for Liberia. This initiative follows a...